Healthy Eating – 4.2 – Add A Little

Ready, Set, Move

I’m Hungry For…

Academic Focus: ABCs

Supplies:

• One puppet or stuffed animal
• Use the pieces from an alphabet puzzle
• Alternatively use:
  • Paper
  • Marker
  • Scissors

Prep:

• If not using an alphabet puzzle, cut a sheet of paper into 2″ (5cm) pieces. Write one letter on each paper.
• Clear a space for active play.

Time to Play:

• Show your children the letters, then place the letters at one side of the room.
• Sit with the puppet at the other side of the room.
• Have the puppet say something along the lines of: “Hi! My name is Harry. It’s nice to meet you. Oh, I’m really hungry. I’m especially hungry for the letter ‘A’.”
• Ask a specific child to find letter “A” and give it to the puppet.
• Have the puppet pretend to eat the letter and say thank you.
• Have the puppet say something like: “That was delicious! But I’m hungry again. This time what I really want to eat is letter ‘G’.”
• Continue until all the letters have been fed to the puppet.

Explore, Learn, Create

Healthy Eating Plate

Supplies:

• Print one serving plate per child or draw your own
• Either use grocery store flyers
• Or print the foods colouring sheet. Print enough for every child to have at least a quarter page.
• Child safe scissors
• Glue stick

Prep:

• Print the needed papers (or collect your own resources)
• Note, the food groups shown on the plate are based on Canada’s Food Guide (2026). This guide classes meats, meat alternatives (nuts and beans, etc.), and dairy as “Protein Foods”. I added a small “Sweets” section to help teach that some sweets are fine, but the majority of our food should be in the other food groups.

Time to Create:

• Show your child the plate. Read the labels on each section.
• Explain to your child that it is healthy to have foods in those proportions.
• Give your child a flyer or the foods print out and a pair of child safe scissors. Encourage them to cut out various food items.
• Next, help your child sort the foods into the different sections of the plate.
• Give your child the glue stick to glue the foods onto the plate.